Sledge Hammer!: Difference between revisions

 

* [[Accidental Aiming Skills]]: Hammer's interrogation of a suspect in the pilot via a carnival-style shooting game.

'''Hammer''': "Yeah, I missed." }}

* [[A Fool for a Client]]: In one episode, Sledge is accused of murder and decides to defend himself. Right before the end of the trial, the judge asks the Prosecution if they have anything to say. The prosecutor responds that Sledge has already made all their points for them.

** In the pilot, he ends a shootout by destroying the building the shooter is on with a rocket launcher.

* [[Donut Mess with a Cop]]: Mocked by Sledge.

* [[Drives Like Crazy]]

* [[Empathic Weapon]]: Though the audience never sees anything unusual, Hammer treats his gun as a living, breathing entity.

* [[Inkblot Test]]: Sledge received one as part of a psychological evaluation. He identified the pictures as two images of gun violence, "a field of pussy willows," "a [machine gun] blowing away the pussy willows," and "a duck handcuffing a naked woman." The psychologist remarks, "Funny, I've never seen the duck."

* [[I Resemble That Remark]]:

'''Hammer:''' "Is that why you called me in here? To shower me with compliments?" }}

* [[Just Between You and Me]]: Lampshaded when an assassin has Sledge tied to a [[Death Trap]], and tells him how he intends to kill the captain.

* [[Knight Templar]]

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]

** Possibly a subversion, however, when you realize that Hammer has no qualms about ignoring laws against [[Police Brutality]] and excessive force...

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Employed several times. The most notable instance occurs in the first-season finale, when Captain Trunk barges into a terrorist making a live television broadcast.

'''Sledge''' (to Trunk): "You talkin' to me?" }}

* [[Lord Error-Prone]]

'''Sledge:''' "Oh, yes. I had almost no groceries at all." }}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Several episodes suggest that Sledge uses this. Though he's written off by everybody as a violent idiot, sometimes he manages to crack the case with a sudden admission that he had been taking notes all along. This is [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in an episode when a game show host killed off a contestant who was getting close to the top prize. When Dori wonders how someone that smart got on the show, Sledge explains, "You see, he looks dumb, but turned out to be a genius; a trick I've used myself."

* [[Rule of Funny]]

* [[Running Gag]]

(Everyone takes cover as Sledge retrieves something other than his gun) }}

** Not to mention the inevitable disaster that follows whenever Hammer says, "Trust me, I know what I'm doing."

* [[Shooting Gallery]]: Done in one episode, where Hammer simply shoots all of the targets regardless of whether they're civilians or crooks. Naturally, this annoys Captain Trunk to no end.

* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: At first, Sledge doesn't approve of his partner being a woman, which leads to the following exchange:

'''Hammer:''' "No, I encourage women to wear shoes." }}

* [[Take That]]: Many examples, including a rather vicious takedown of fellow ABC program ''[[Max Headroom]]''. ("My god! One hour with ''you'' would be hell!") Not to forget their feud with ''[[Mr. Belvedere]]'', which also ran on ABC:

'''Sledge Hammer''': "I guess somebody has to." }}

** And in a later episode:

'''Sledge''': "I hope he wasn't watching ''Mr. Belvedere''. I'd hate to think the poor fella went out suffering." }}

** The show took a number of digs at the Republican Party. On the DVD commentary, the director notes that the network was okay with that as long as he gave equal time to digs at the Democrat Party. [[Blatant Lies|He never got around to it]].